Month: October 2011

At A Legendary Event, we make it “our business” to “make a difference!” We are proud to announce that our CEO & Founder Tony Conway has recently made many meaningful developments in our company’s community service efforts.
In addition to being named one of The Georgian Terrace’s list of the Top 100 Influential people, Tony will serve as Honorary Event Chair of Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities 3rd Annual Hearts and Hands Gala on October 29th, a member of the Board of Trustees for Leadership Atlanta and a panel member for this year’s Les Dames d’Escoffier International at The Ritz-Carlton Buckhead from November 3rd – 6th.
Other charitable contributions happening soon includes producing the dinner for 400 guests for City of Refuge, teaming up with The High Museum Wine Auction as the Culinary Partner where Tony will work with the visiting guest chefs, and supporting A Meal To Remember Chairs Marjory Harvey, Harrison Rohr and Jack Sawyer while serving as a Chef Sponsor for the event. Add designing The Legendary Party to benefit The Shepherd Center, and catering, designing and arranging ADAC’s Rising Designer event at The Bourbon shots.
A Legendary Event is proud to support these wonderful causes and hope you’ll join us by making a difference!

A Legendary Event’s CEO & Founder Tony Conway is pleased and honored to serve as Honorary Patron Chair of this year’s Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities’ (ARMHC) Hearts and Hands Gala.
The 3rd Annual Hearts and Hands Gala will be held Saturday, October 29 at the Georgia Aquarium in downtown Atlanta. Each year, proceeds from the event fund Atlanta’s two Ronald McDonald House locations. ARMHC is a “non-profit organization dedicated to serving the needs of children by providing temporary housing and support services to families of critically ill and injured children being treated at local children’s hospitals. It has served nearly 39,000 families in its 32-year history.” This year alone, they will “provide temporary housing and support service to more than 2,000 families of critically ill and injured children. In 32 years, [ARMHC] have served more than 32,000 families.” (For more information, please see http://www.armhc.org/)
The 3rd Annual Hearts and Hands Gala will be hosted by WSBTV’s Channel 2 Action News meteorologist David Chandley and will feature a special musical performance by No. 1 selling and Grammy Nominated singer Natasha Bedingfield. Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company and President of ARMHC Javier Goizueta will serve as Event Chair with Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company Muhtar Kent serving as Honorary Chair.

A Legendary Event was thrilled to have been a part of PATH Foundation’s 20th Anniversary Celebration.
On Wednesday, October 19th, 2011, over 400 people were in attendance to commemorate this landmark occasion for Atlanta’s PATH Foundation. Guests came together at Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta’s largest fine art gallery, for the event, which opened with praise from Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed. A Legendary Event would like to extend special Congratulations to the evening’s host committee, which included members of PATH Board of Directors Cindy and Bill Fowler and Sarah and Jim Kennedy.
Over the last 20 years, PATH foundation has worked to build “a network of off-road trails in and around Atlantafor walkers, runners, cyclists and skaters.” Their extensive network of trails in and around the metro Atlanta area run for more than 170 miles and includes “The Silver Comet, Stone Mountain, Lionel Hampton, Westside, Arabia Mountain, Chastain Park, South Decatur Trolley, Northwest Atlanta, and Freedom Park Trails.” For more information, see www.pathfoundation.org.

Join A Legendary Event at The Legendary Lounge on October 27th at the 7th Annual Atlanta Business Chronicle Business Growth Expo. Network with more than 3,000 of Atlanta’s business elite and we hope to see you at The Cobb Galleria Centre from 7:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Also, don’t miss the A-List lineup of speakers including Ambassador Andrew Young, consumer advocate Clark Howard, sales expert Harvey Mackay and best-selling author Jon Gordon; and hear from three of Atlanta’s top economic minds as they predict what’s in store for 2012. Learn new ways to grow your business and network with some of Atlanta’s top companies who are exhibiting at the 7th Annual Atlanta Business Chronicle Business Growth Expo on October 27 at the Cobb Galleria Centre.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.businessgrowthexpo.com

Liz Cipro, Executive Chef of A Legendary Event, was featured in a multi-page feature story in the September/October 2011 issue of Catering Magazine!
Catering Magazine, known as THE magazine for catering professionals, “provides insight, ideas and information on all the business aspects pertaining to off-premise catering in USA.” The article, titled Visual Appeal, profiles Liz as she “shares her approach to eye-catching plate presentation” and comes complete with an in-depth interview and a selection of stunning photos depicting some of her most delectable dishes.
View the article in the online issue.

At A Legendary Event, we are proud of our “Legendary Legacy” and the thousands of events we have created and designed.
Meet our CEO and Founder Tony Conway and get a closer look. We are proud to present Tony Conway and our award-winning company A Legendary Event.